alternative uses

基本解释

Ingenious people have found many alternative uses for this tape.
聰明的人們發現了這種帶子的許多其他用途。
Absent of scarcity and alternative uses of available resources there is no economic problem.
稀缺的和有可用的替代資源同樣會存在經濟問題。
In the past there were no economical alternative uses for this gas because its market value was controlled by the price of natural gas which was very low.
過去，鍊廠氣沒有更爲經濟的用途，因爲其市場價值受天然氣價格的控制，而那時天然氣價格很低。
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And the only workable alternative uses bismuth which has its own supply problems.
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At some point more money held will add less to total utility than alternative uses for it—i.e. lending or investing.
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The resources that will go into repairing earthquake and hurricane damage are resources that have alternative uses—alternative uses that have to be given up.
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